Here's another engrossing game in the First League. Botev Plovdiv is in the 13th spot from featuring in three matches. They receive Arda who are placed 14th from two games.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first First League game of the season here at Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from Botev Plovdiv's 15 home games.
The Botev Plovdiv coach Genchev and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus OFK Pirin (placed 15th).
Ahead of that match, Botev Plovdiv lost 1-3 at home to Levski Sofia.This is expected to be a close game, with Botev Plovdiv perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botev Plovdiv as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Plovdiv has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Botev Plovdiv at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Arda form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the First League ended in defeat. Last season Arda had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 4, drew 5 and lost 6.
There might be some fixture complaints from Arda as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Beroe.
Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Cherno More.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Arda in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Arda, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Arda has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Arda have won every one of the 4 latest battles against this team. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  M. Sekulić 2 goals |   P. Borukov 1 goals |  R. Tsonev 1 goals |
Botev Plovdiv missing players
Arda missing players
| Botev Plovdiv | Arda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 6.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 13% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 12.3 | 18 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Botev Plovdiv | Last season | Arda | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 47 | ||
| 49 | 20 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 41% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 22% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 47% | 28% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 41% | ||
| 19% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 35% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cherno More | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Beroe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hebar 1918 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ludogorets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Levski Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Botev Vratsa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Levski Krumovgrad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Slavia Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Arda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | OFK Pirin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Etar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ludogorets | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 72 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 51 | 74 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 73 |
| 3 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 59 |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 54 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 53 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 50 |
| 7 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 49 |
| 8 | Arda | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -32 | 28 |
| 12 | Beroe | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 27 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 24 |
| 14 | Hebar 1918 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -32 | 23 |
| 15 | Septemvri Sofia | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 35 | -33 | 17 |
